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35,000 agitating farmers reach Mumbai after 5-day walk

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March 11, 2018

Mumbai, Mar 11: Walking with blistered feet for about 180 km in the blazing sun over the last five days, around 35,000 farmers from Maharashtra's Nashik district have entered the capital city.

The three key demands of the protesting farmers are - complete loan waiver, implementation of the recommendations of the Dr MS Swaminathan committee report on fixing of MSP and implementation of the Forest Rights Act.

The state's Health and Medical Education Minister Girish Mahajan met them and assured that the government is positive to their demands.

The Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sabha (ABKS) said they would gherao the Vidhan Sabha at Nariman Point, where the budget session of the Maharashtra legislature is underway, on Monday.

During a brief interaction with ABKS representatives, Mahajan invited a delegation from the organisation for talks with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

"When we started on March 6 from Nashik, there were just 12,000 farmers. Now, we have around 30,000 to 35,000 marching with us. On Monday, we are sure that it would increase by two to three times," said Ajit Navle, ABKS general secretary.

Most of the political parties, including the Shiv Sena, MNS, AAP, Congress and the NCP, have lent their support to the ABKS.

"We support the farmers," Maharashtra Congress President and former chief minister Ashok Chavan said.

"The chief minister should not be adamant and speak to them to resolve their problems," said Chavan.

"We are with the farmers," said NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.

State NCP president Sunil Tatkare and Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council Dhananjay Munde will meet the farmers on Monday.

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"All these reports are a psychological warfare against Iran. All those countries whose citizens were aboard the plane can send representatives and we urge Boeing to send its representative to join the process of investigating the black box".

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January 31,2020

Jan 31: President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday hailed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act as "historic" in his address to joint sitting of both houses of Parliament, prompting protests by some opposition members.

He also said that debate and discussion on any issue strengthens democracy while violence during protests weaken it.

"The Citizenship Amendment Act is a historic law. It has fulfilled wishes of our founding fathers including Mahatma Gandhi," he said.

"Debate and discussions strengthen democracy, but violence during protests weaken democracy," he said without directly referring to the anti-CAA protests in the country some of which have witnessed violence.

In a reference to abrogation of Article 370, Kovind said there is happiness among people of India that people in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh have got rights on par with the rest of the country.

The president said Parliament has created record in the first seven months of the new government headed by Narendra Modi by enacting several landmark legislations.

"My government is taking strong steps for making this decade as India's decade and this century as India's century," he said.

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New Delhi, Jul 11: A notice which claims that a COVID-19 Monitoring Committee has been formed is fake, and no such committee has been set up by the Union Home Ministry, as per Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The "Fake" MHA order stated, "Pursuant to the official orders received dated: Monday, May 18, 2020, of the Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, passed in the approval of Special Status Advisory Committee for COVID-19, a COVID-19 Monitoring Committee has been constituted in the MHA vide order dated: Friday, June 12, 2020."

MHA Spokesperson also cautioned people to beware of fake news and rumours.

India's COVID-19 case count crossed the eight lakh-mark on Saturday with yet another highest single-day spike of 27,114 new cases in the last 24 hours.

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